ALL POSTS TAGGED "UEFA"
News
/ 13 days agoItaly earns extra UCL spot: What England needs to top Germany
To increase the number of Champions League teams to 36, two leagues will be given an additional spot for next year. That depends on how well they did in Europe this year. For this season's coefficient rankings, UEFA looks at how each team fares in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. […]
News
/ 26 days agoPostecoglou minimizes importance of playing in Champions League
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou has downplayed the importance of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League. Top teams from across Europe typically tend to set a base goal of finishing in a Champions League place. Trophies are clearly the most important part of the sport, but the tournament is where major clubs want to be. […]
News
/ 33 days agoLigue 1 reveals new logo and league sponsor
Ligue 1 has officially revealed a new logo to be used from the start of the 2024/25 season. The French league is one of the top soccer divisions in all of Europe. In fact, UEFA coefficients currently ranks Ligue 1 as the fifth-best league on the continent. Paris Saint-Germain has become the division's primary club […]
News
/ 38 days agoManchester United may miss out on Europe due to UEFA rules
UEFA released its regulations regarding multi-club ownership, and that has major implications for the status of Manchester United in Europe next season. The rules state clubs with the same ownership group, like Manchester United and Nice for example, can play in Europe. However, they must be in different competitions. If they are in the same […]
Leagues: EPL
/ 77 days agoStruggling United has the most expensive squad in soccer history
A new UEFA report claims that Manchester United has the most expensive squad in the history of soccer. Figures from the European Club Finance and Investment Landscape study show that the Red Devils paid about $1.5 billion in combined transfer fees on their players up until the end of the 2023 financial year. Headlining the […]
European Super League
/ 84 days agoMacron urges EU to put the Super League out of existence
In recent months, much discussion has centered on the European Super League. The contentious tournament's organizers, A22, have been making waves with their new suggestions. A large number of soccer clubs and organizations have disregarded this and kept putting their faith in UEFA. But more and more people are speaking out against the competition. As […]
European Super League
/ 84 days agoUEFA increases prize money to put halt to Super League hopes
For the last few months, the European Super League scenario has dominated the conversation. The current leaders of the planned league, Real Madrid and Barcelona, want it to eventually replace UEFA's tournaments. After much deliberation, the European Supreme Court ruled in favor of the ESL in December 2023. According to them, UEFA has no business […]
European Super League
/ 98 days agoTop UEFA official quits because of a new potential rule change
Zvonimir Boban, the now former chief of football at UEFA, has departed his role due to continued tensions within the organization. Boban was previously a dynamic midfielder for Dinamo Zagreb, AC Milan, and the Croatia national team. After retiring from the pitch, he completed a university degree and moved on to sports journalism. However, Boban […]
Club World Cup
/ 103 days agoInaugural Women’s Club World Cup: FIFA set target date
It seems that plans are afoot to establish yet another premier women's club soccer competition. The likelihood has significantly increased that the world's leading women's club teams will participate in a tournament. For more than ten years, women's game officials have broached the topic of a world championship. Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, expressed his […]
European Super League
/ 132 days agoEuropean Super League organizers promise free streaming of games
The European Super League took a major step toward actualization on Thursday. The European Court of Justice ruled UEFA acted out of its boundaries in punishing clubs for competing in different leagues or tournaments. Consequently, the discussions about the future of the European Super League continued to ramp up. Granted, there is no concrete future […]
European Super League
/ 133 days agoExplained: What the European Super League ruling means
An official ruling in the much-anticipated case involving the European Super League (ESL) has come to light. The European Court of Justice declared that UEFA and FIFA abused their positions in attempting to block the ESL from forming. The two governing bodies of the sport acted unlawfully by threatening to sanction clubs for joining the […]
Leagues: Europa Conference League
/ 136 days agoUEFA Champions League draw for knockout rounds revealed
The last ever group stages under the current competition format have been wrapped up for UEFA's three club competitions. And with the qualifying teams all sorted out, all that was left was pairing them up for the knockout stages. The draw for the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and (Europa) Conference League knockout stage […]
Leagues: UEFA Champions League
/ 141 days agoTurning the page to the next UEFA Champions League format
The 2022/23 UEFA Champions League campaign signals the end of the group-stage format. With 32 teams in play, there are eight groups of four. The top two teams from each group advance to the round of 16, which brings two-legged knockout ties. Next season, the UEFA Champions League changes drastically. For the first time, the […]
European Championship
/ 143 days agoUEFA President Ceferin wants to extend his assigned term limit
UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin wants to change the rules of soccer's governing body in Europe to eliminate term limits he helped impose. Ceferin took over as UEFA President in 2016 following the corruption scandal that led to Michel Platini's dismissal. Ceferin worked to introduce several reforms that, at the time, he believed would strengthen UEFA. […]
Adidas
/ 148 days agoTechnology in Euro 2024 ball will help VAR make quicker calls
The ball for UEFA Euro 2024 will help referees make quicker offside and handball decisions to avoid VAR stoppages. The governing body of the sport in Europe recently unveiled the new Adidas ball for the upcoming tournament. However, more information about the exact technology equipped in the ball is being released. UEFA is now claiming […]